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Michigan State suffered a shocking 90-81 loss to Middle Tennessee today. The second-seed Spartans became only the eighth team in the NCAA men's tournament to lose to a fifteen-seed. It brings to mind the Michigan Wolverines football team's shocking loss to Appalachian State in 2007. Which loss was more shocking, the Spartans loss to Middle Tennessee or Michigan's loss to Appalachian State? Read Mo

For the third time in five years, and the fifth time overall, the Michigan State Spartans won the Big Ten tournament, defeating Purdue 66-62 in Sunday's championship game in Indianapolis.

Beginning Tuesday, July 28, Mateen Cleaves’ 1 Goal 1 Passion summer basketball camp comes to Grand Rapids for the first time. The three-day camp will be held at Godwin High School. Cost to attend is $1.

Austin Gregory, a senior who is the all-time scoring leader for Ionia High School's boys' basketball team, has been named Meijer-97.9 WGRD High School Athlete of the Week.

Duke won its fifth NCAA Division I men's basketball title on Monday night, getting 23 points from freshman guard Tyus Jones in a 68-63 win over Wisconsin in Indianapolis. College basketball's player of the year, Frank Kaminsky, led the Badgers with 21 points and 12 rebounds in the battle of No. 1 seeds at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Wisconsin defeated unbeaten Kentucky 71-64 and Duke ended Michigan State's season 81-61 in NCAA Final Four semifinal games on Saturday night. The triumphs advanced both to Monday’s national championship game in Indianapolis for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

Michigan State's run through the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament came to a halt Saturday night as the Spartans lost to top-seeded Duke 81-61. Denzel Valentine had 22 points and 11 rebounds and Travis Trice 16 points as Michigan State fell in the NCAA Final Four semifinals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

You’ve heard the comparisons. This is what it is about: This Michigan State University men's basketball team looks a lot like last year’s NCAA Division I national champion, UConn. Whether or not that comparison is fair gets put to the test on the court in the NCAA Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Tom Izzo and MSU have been pretty incredible. But you really don't appreciate it just how incredible they've been until you see the numbers.

Travis Trice had 17 points and Denzel Valentine had 15 points and seven rebounds to lead Michigan State past Oklahoma 62-58 on Sunday afternoon in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in Syracuse, N.Y. Branden Dawson added nine points and 11 rebounds and Bryn Forbes had 14 points for the seventh-seeded Spartans (27-11), who advanced to the Final Four with the triumph at Syracuse Univers

All eyes are on the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. If you look closely you may find a familiar face on Notre Dame's bench. Father Pete McCormick, a Grand Rapids native, is Chaplain for the Notre Dame men's basketball team.

Travis Trice had 24 points, Denzel Valentine had 18 points and Branden Dawson added six points and 11 rebounds to lead Michigan State past Oklahoma 62-58 on Friday night in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in Syracuse, N.Y. The eight-seeded Spartans (26-11) advanced to the Elite Eight in the East Region with the triumph at Syracuse University's Carrier Dome. Third-seeded Oklahoma (2